Orders in Council Database

Under the authority of section 11 of the Financial Administration Act, the Lieutenant Governor in Council is please to provide the following direction to to Treasury Board and departments.

1) Outside of the budget process, departments are required to follow this process for creation of new permanent positions in departments:

i) seek Treasury Board approval for the creation of the new permanent positions in departments;

ii) demonstrate to Treasury Board that they have permanent countervailing savings within their departmental salary envelope as on file with the Secretary of Treasury Board;

iii) demonstrate to Treasury Board that another funded permanent position will be abolished at the ratio of 1:1, with the exception to this 1:1 position ratio being the circumstance where the total salaries of the positions created is equal to the total salary of the position abolished. Departments are only to abolish vacant positions as no lay-offs will be considered; and

iv) in all other circumstances respecting the creation of new permanent positions in departments outside of the budget process, i.e. in extraordinary circumstances, seek Cabinet approval.

2) Outside of the budget process, departments are required to follow this process for creation of new temporary positions in departments:

i) create temporary, non-management positions in departments, subject to the availability of salary funding within their departmental salary envelope as on file with the Secretary of Treasury Board;

ii) receive Treasury Board approval for the creation of temporary management positions and must demonstrate that they have countervailing savings within their departmental salary envelope as on file with the Secretary of Treasury Board;

iii) create temporary, non-management positions in cost-shared and program areas on file with the Secretary of Treasury Board, and funding is to be in accordance with the Transfer of Funds Policy;

iv) seek Treasury Board approval for the creation of temporary management positions in cost-shared and program areas on file with the Secretary of Treasury Board, and funding is to be in accordance with the Transfer of Funds Policy; and

v) in all other circumstances respecting the creation of new temporary positions in departments outside of the budget process, i.e. in extraordinary circumstances, seek Cabinet approval.

3) Outside of the budget process, departments are required to follow this process for creation of new contractual positions in departments:

i) create contractual positions subject to the availability of salary funding within their departmental salary envelope as on file with the Secretary of Treasury Board;

ii) create contractual positions in cost-shared and program areas on file with the Secretary of Treasury Board, and funding is to be in accordance with the Transfer of Funds Policy; and

iii) in all other circumstances respecting the creation of new contractual positions in departments outside of the budget process, i.e. in extraordinary circumstances, seek Cabinet approval.

4) Treasury Board is directed to amend existing policies in accordance with the above direction, including a review of Section 520D and other relevant provisions of the Personnel Administration Procedures.